White Leghorns

[Katiemac03]

Hello folks - I’m new to this forum and fairly new to raising chickens. I successfully hatched 5 leghorn eggs 10 weeks ago and really need to know the gender of my 5 ‘kids’.
One of the chicks was always a cockerel from day 1 by his behaviour and comb colour & size - but now they’re 10 weeks, the 3 I thought were pullets look like cockerels - one is definitely a pullet ... if I do have 4 cockerels any advice would be appreciated, I realise I can’t leave them all together

 

[TheOddOneOut]

Hello folks - I’m new to this forum and fairly new to raising chickens. I successfully hatched 5 leghorn eggs 10 weeks ago and really need to know the gender of my 5 ‘kids’.
One of the chicks was always a cockerel from day 1 by his behaviour and comb colour & size - but now they’re 10 weeks, the 3 I thought were pullets look like cockerels - one is definitely a pullet ... if I do have 4 cockerels any advice would be appreciated, I realise I can’t leave them all together

Yes, it looks like only one girl. You MUST separate them, as you have noted.

 

[Oncoming Storm]

Can we have a picture of them from the side? The saddle feathers are a big giveaway.

 

[Katiemac03]

At what age should I separate them if they are 4 boys?

 

[TheOddOneOut]

Can we have a picture of them from the side? The saddle feathers are a big giveaway.

It's so hard on white birds. Saddles are invisible.
But there's one little pullet in there next to all her brothers for sure.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

At what age should I separate them if they are 4 boys?

Whenever trouble starts. How old are they? I can give you a good estimate. It'll be soon.
Even if you want to keep ONE with her, you will need more pullets. Even if you don't want to keep a roo, you will need more pullets.

 

[Katiemac03]

Can we have a picture of them from the side? The saddle feathers are a big giveaway.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

I'm not seeing saddles much, but the tails on those boys are all curvy.

 

[black_cat]

At 10 weeks, that big of a comb and wattles, even on leghorns, is a huge giveaway. Four boys one girl.

 

[Katiemac03]

Thanks for your help guys, Just got to find homes for 3 boys and find more girls now